Folding bedstead or couch.



G. FISH.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD OR DOUGH.

APPLIUATION FILED MAP 2, 1912 Patented Nov. 19, E912.

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MQ/MM G. H. PIfiH. FOLDING BEDSTEAD 0B, DOUGH.

APPLICATION TILED MAILZ, 1912.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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CHARLES H. rrsn, on ST. LOUIS, ivussouna. ASSIGNOR or ONEEALF no nannyKNICKMEYER, on ST. LOUIS, mrssoum.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD 0R COUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1932.

Application filed March 2, 1912. Serial No. 681,277.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, CHARLES H. FISH, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Folding Bedsteads or Couches, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a folding bedstead or couchand has for its object a pii'otal rear section, an intermediate sectionand a front section all hingedly connected together, and a supportingframe with which the said sections c0- operate for converting the devicefrom a sofa or settee into an extension bed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a sofa frame with aplurality of sections hingedly connected together, the same to beextended from a sofa into an extended bed position by the mere pullingforward on the end section.

A further object of my invention is-to construct a sofa bedstead byhaving three sections hingedlyconnected together, orie of said sectionspivoted to the sofa frame, and the intermediate section acting as thesofa bottom or seat when in a folded or sofa position, the threesections acting as the bed portion when placed in an extended position.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a centralsectional View of the same. the same in the act of being converted fromthe sofa to a bed position. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my inventionshown in its extended or bed position. Fig. 5 is a detail, top plan Viewof a portion of the sofa frame and the pivotal section in relativeposition therewith. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view of aportion of the sofa frame and pivotal rear section showing the man nerof supporting the same when in an ex tended position. Fig. 7 is anenlarged, de-

tail, sectional view of a portion of the sofa frame and bed section andthe locking device for supporting the same. Fig. 8 is a detail plan viewwith a part broken away and in'section of the bracket or locking deviceby which the end section is supported horizontally with the intermediateand pivotal sections.

In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable frame which forms thesofa portion consisting of two side frames 9 composed of Fig. 3 is aside elevation showing the rear.aiid the rails 17 and 18 at the frontend thereof. For additional support and rigidity provide supportingrails 19 and 20, the rails 19 connected to the cross-bars 13 and therails 20 to the cross-bars 14. The side frames are providedWitlrordinary hand rails or arm rests 21 and a back rest 22; this ofcourse is optional and may beregulated according to the quality of bedto be constructed and may also be eliminated if desired.

In the sofa frame is mounted a pivotal or rear section 23, the sameconsisting of a frame provided with braces 24 and projecting arms 25 bywhich the section is pivotally attached to the side bars 14 at the pointindicated by the numeral 26; onv this frame is attached a springfabridQT, which supports a mattress or padding 28. To one end of thissection is hingedly connected an intermediate section 29, itsfram'e'being suitably braced by the brackets 30, this section acting asthe seat portion of the sofa when the device is in its folded positionas shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and also acts as a portion of the bed sectionwhen in its extended position as shown in Fig. 4; this section ishingedly attached to the pivotal or rear' section at the point indicatedby the nuiiieral 30; to the opposite end of the intermediate section ishingedly attached a front section 31 and is connected thereto at thepoint in-- dicated by the numeral 32; this section when in a. foldedposition extends downwardly and forms-the front end of the sofa, butwhen in an extended horizontal position the same is converted into, andacts as a portion of the bed section; to this section is pivotallyattached supporting arms 33, the free end tapered and provided with arecess'34 forming a projecting tooth 35, this arm operating in elongatedslots 36 formed in supports 37 rigidly attached to the forward end ofthe intermediate section 29 and held in rigid posit-ion bythebraoes 38;the tooth 35 on the supporting arms 33 contacting with the supports 37at the lower end of the slots (see Fig. 8) and when the end section 31is in a folded position, the supporting arms 33 assume a position asshown in Fig. 2

projecting into the interior of the sofa frame. The standards 11 and thesupports 37 are provided with casters 39 and 40.

The frame comprising the intermediate and front sections is alsoprovided with a spring fabric which is a continuation of the springfabric mounted on the frame of the pivotal or rear section, and on thefabric is located the mattress or padding which is also a continuationof the mattress or padding located on the pivotal or rear section; thismattress or padding is held in position by the fastening device 41 andacts as a clamp so that themattress remains in close contact with theframe when in a position as shown In ljig. 2.

On the rails 15 are located stops 42 which project slightly beyond therail and against which the frame of the pivotal. or rear sectioncontacts so as to retain the same in proper horizontal alinement, andwhen in this position the same is locked by the locking device 43pivotally supported to the side of the side-bars 10, the projecting ends44 being shifted to come in contact With the under side of the frameholding the frame rigid and preventing downward movement (see Figs. 6and 7). These locking devices are also used to support the intermediatesection when the device is in afolded or sofa position and contact withthe under side of the frame of the intermediate section so that thisintermediate section can be used as the seat portion of the sofa.

The essential feature of my invention is the formation of a sofabedstead having the seat portion of the sofa, front portion, and pivotalor rear sectlon extended by drawing the same outwardly into a horizontalposition. By a device of this eharac' ter and constructed in this mannerthe sofa canreadily be converted into a bed by the mere raising of theend section, pulling the same forwardly; the mattress or bed paddingbeing at all times intact and ready for immediate use.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A folding bedstead or couch comprising a sofa frame, an intermediatesection acting as a sofa seat, a leaf section acting as the sofa front,a pivotal section located in the sofa frame beneath the intermediatesection, said sections arranged to be extended into a horizontalposition by the mere pulling upon the end section, substantially asspecified.

2 A folding bedstead or couch comprising a sofa frame, a sectionpivotally located therein, a section forming the seat of the sofahingedly connected to the pivoted section a section forming the. frontof the sofa hingedly connected to the seat portion, said sections beingreadily arranged in a horizontal position by pulling the same forwardly,and means for supporting the same in said horizontal position,substantially as specified.

3. A folding bedstead or couch comprising a frame, a pivoted sectionlocated therein, an intermediate section connected to the pivotedsection and acting as the seat of the sofa, front section connected tothe intermediate section, a support carried by the intermediate section,and supporting arms carried by the front section for retaining the samein horizontal position, and means for locking the sections when in afolded position and when in an extended position.

substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, 111presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. FISH.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIcKs, VVALTER O. STEIN.

